One of my favorite scenes in Catching Fire is when Katniss falls out of the tree and breaks her ankle when she is going to back to the Victor's Village from hunting. She shows up to her house and finds President Snow there and has to pretend everything is find when, in reality, she is in agony.

I really like this part because it shows that Katniss is willing to do anything to help and protect her family. She must have been screaming inside when she fell; yet, she is strong and drags herself back to the house and has a full conversation with Snow even though she should have been in the hospital. Now that the movie has come out, which scenes from the book were you most looking forward to seeing in the movie? Give two specific scenes that we've read so far and make sure that you explain why. Then go to the rest of the blogs in the class and respond to their postings in 4-6 sentences. Put pictures on your blog posts and make them all pretty.

By the end of today, make sure that you have your blog introduction completely finished, your discussion post on your blog, and a response to everybody else's blog.

Choose two of the following questions to respond to in great detail on your blog, writing at least 6 sentences per response: (After you are finished, you will need to visit each other's blogs and responding to each other's answers)

1. Why does the Capitol devise a special reaping procedure for every 25th Game? Do you believe the requirements for this Quarter Quell were decided in the past or were they designed for this Game to force Katniss and Peeta back to the arena?2. Why does President Snow come to Katniss’s home? What does he mean when he says, “ ... you have pro-vided a spark which left unattended may grow into an inferno ...”? What, exactly, was the significance of the handful of poisonous berries at the end of The Hunger Games?

3. Why does Gale refuse Katniss’s offer to try to escape into the wild? What does he mean when he says, “It can’t be about just saving us anymore”? How does Gale’s whipping change Katniss’s thinking about escape and her feelings for Gale?

4. What do Katniss and Peeta learn when they watch the video of Haymitch’s Hunger Games, the Second Quarter Quell? How does it affect their understanding of Haymitch and the mockingjay symbol? How did Haymitch trick the Capitol?

5. Discuss the effect on Katniss of what happens to Darius and Cinna. Why are the Capitol officials attacking those who have befriended her? Why is Cinna attacked just before Katniss is placed in the arena?